Boris Lumbana
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boris René Lumbana Kapasa | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Kinshasa, Zaire | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK Forward | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Örebro SK Ungdom | 16 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Örebro SK | 14 | (2) |
| 2011 | → KA Akureyri (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2015-2016 | Degerfors IF | 27 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2016[1]. | |||
Boris René Lumbana Kapasa (born 19 June 1991) is a Congolese-born Swedish former footballer and an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René.
Sports career
Boris Lumbana is a defender who after spending his youth career at the Örebro-based Swedish football team BK Forward, has played professionally in a number of Swedish football clubs. He played for two seasons in the Swedish lower leagues with Örebro SK Ungdom in 2008 to 2010 and for 4 more seasons 2010 to 2014 for the club Örebro SK in the Swedish professional Allsvenskan league. In 2014, he moved to Degerfors IF in the second division Superettan league.[2]
Music career
| Boris René | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Boris René Lumbana Kapasa |
| Born |
19 June 1991 Kinshasa, Zaire |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2013 – Present |
Boris is also an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René.[3] He used to make music with his brothers from his childhood days. He released his first single "Alive" in 2013.[4] He competed in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Put Your Love on Me".[5] He placed tenth in the final.[6]
He will compete in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "Her Kiss".
Personal life
His older brother Christian Lumbana Kapasa, played football in the Swedish lower leagues with Örebro SK Ungdom[7] and Karlslunds IF,[8] retiring in 2010.[9]
Discography
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [10] | |||||||||
| "Alive" | 2013 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "Put Your Love on Me" | 2016 | 12 [11] |
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| "Mon Amour" | — | ||||||||
| "Her Kiss" | 2017 | TBA | |||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Boris Lumbana – Eliteprospects Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Boris Lumbana". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ↑ ÖSK-spelaren Boris Lumbana satsar på musiken
- ↑ Boris René
- ↑ "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". Melodifestivalen. SVT. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
- ↑ Skytteliga Div 3 Västra Svealand 2006 Slutställning Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ P18/86: Läger i Sundsvall 22–25 januari — svenskfotboll.se
- ↑ Hallå där, Boris Lumbana – SvenskaFans.com
- ↑ "Boris René discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 Feb 2016.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-01.